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Urnes stave church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Urnes stave church is considered to be the queen of stave churches, and is one of the four Norwegian cultural heritage sites to be found worthy of bei...

Selje church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Selje church is a wooden longchurch located north of the Seljesanden beach in the municipality of Selje. The church, with a seating capacity of 500,...

Leikanger church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Leikanger church is a wooden longchurch located in the village of Leikanger on the eastern side of Stadtlandet in the municipality of Selje. The churc...

The churchyard at Ervik

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Gravplass / Cementery

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

"Many were left (out on the sea) and will never rest in consecrated soil. And the ocean is tireless (..) nobody knows who will fall victim to the ocea...

The church site Bø on the island of Selja

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Gardsbruk / Farm

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen

Bø is the name of a farm on the eastern side of the island of Selja. Bø is one of the oldest farm names in Norway, indicating a big, central farm on a...

Dragseidet

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Historisk monument / Historical monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal

Dragseidet occupies a famous place in Norwegian history due to one major event: the christening assembly in 997, when King Olaf Tryggvason assembled i...

Lavik

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Karl Egil Johansen

THE LAYMAN CHIEFTAINS FROM LAVIK...

Støle church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

The stone church at Støle may have been built around 1160 probably as a private chapel for the mighty Stødle clan. It is likely that it was Erling Ska...

Grindheim church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

The first church at Grindheim was a stave church with a free-standing steeple. The church was first mentioned in 1326, but was probably built long bef...

Halsnøy Monastery

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

Halsnøy Monastery is situated in the midst of the lush fjord country in Sunnhordland, on one of the old spits, or “necks”, that has given name to the ...

Fjelberg

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The beautiful vicarage on the Fjelberg Island lies a few minutes walk up from the fjord, in a compact enclosure with the church south of the main buil...

Kvinnherad Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Liden

The stately Kvinnherad Church with its characteristic profile set out against the mighty Malmangernuten in the background, gives you a rare feeling of...

Ænes

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

Ænes has been one of the prosperous farms at the Mauranger Fjord in medieval times. At the time of Harald Gilles, around 1130, we hear of GAUT at Ænes...

Moster - The old church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Liden

Moster is mentioned as a church site already in the time of Olav Tryggvason. According to the sagas the king is supposed to have laid the foundations ...

Vilnes church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Vilnes church is a longchurch built of logs located at Vilnes on the southern tip of the island of Atløy in the municipality of Askvoll. The church wa...

Askvoll church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Askvoll church is a wooden longchurch located in the village of Askvoll. The church has a seating capacity of 425, and it was consecrated on 13 Decemb...

Bulandet 'bedehus' chapel

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Bulandet "bedehus" chapel is an extended "bedehus" built in wood, located on the point of Kjempeneset on the island of Musøya in the municipality of A...

The Kinna church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Harald J. Stavang

The Kinna church is built in stone, probably some time in the 12th century. It is the oldest and the only one of its kind in the region of Sunnfjord, ...

Florø Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal

Florø church is a so-called longchurch built in wood in the centre of Florø city. The church, which has a seating capacity of 650, was consecrated o...

Eikefjord church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal

Eikefjord church is a cruciform church built in wood located in the village of Eikefjord in the municipality of Flora. The church - with 350 seats - w...

Nordal church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Nordal church is a wooden longchurch located on the farm of Nordalen far to the north-east in the municipality of Flora. The church, which can seat ...

Mjømna church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Mjømna church is a so-called longchurch made of wood situated on the island of Mjømna, in the far western outskirts of the municipality of Gulen. Th...

The old church yard at Grotle

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Gravplass / Cementery

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

In the year of culture 1997, the people of Bremanger decided that the old churchyard at Grotle should be the memorabilia of the county. The church of ...

Ålfoten church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Ålfoten church is a cog-joint wooden longchurch in the village of Ålfoten in the municipality of Bremanger. The church can seat 100, and it was buil...

Kapellneset - the first church site on the island of Vågsøya

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Hermund Kleppa

The first church building on Vågsøy, a chapel church, was built in 1580 on a point south of Raudeberg. This point was later called "Kapellneset". This...

The Church Site at Utvær

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Grend / Hamlet

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Anders Gjerde

The chapel at Utvær was most likely built some time in the 12th century. It was consecrated to St Clement - the patron saint of sailors - and it wa...

Nord-Vågsøy church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 19.02.2001

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Nord-Vågsøy kyrkje is a longchurch built in concrete in the village of Raudeberg in the municipality of Vågsøy. The church, with a seating capacity of...

Sør-Vågsøy church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 19.02.2001

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Sør-Vågsøy church is a wooden longchurch located in the municipal centre of Måløy in the municipality of Vågsøy. The church, with a seating capacity o...

Totland church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 21.02.2001

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Totland church is a wooden longchurch at Indre Totland, in the far eastern part of the municipality of Vågsøy. The church, which can seat 250, was con...

The Church Site at Husøy

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Anders Gjerde

Husøy chapel was most likely built in the autumn of 1717 or in spring, 1718. At the same time the chapel at Utvær was torn down. The Husøy chapel ¿s...

Gulen church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Gulen church is a so-called longchurch made of wood, situated in the village of Eivindvik. With a seating capacity of 700, the church was consecrated ...

Askrova "bedehus" chapel

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Bedehus / Chapel

Published: 14.12.2000

Author: Harald J. Stavang

Askrova "bedehus" chapel was consecrated by bishop Ragnvald Indrebø on 14 April, 1957. However, the planning was started much earlier, actually as far...

Brekke church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Brekke church is a longchurch built in wood, located in the village of Brekke on the Risnesfjord in the municipality of Gulen. The church has a seat...

Mariakirken

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Apart from the king’s estate at Holmen, Håkonshallen and the lower floors of the Rosenkrantz tower, the three parish churches in the centre of Bergen ...

Fana church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Frederik Konow Lund

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

In the Middle Ages the stone church in Fana was a place for pilgrimage, containing a miraculous silver crucifix that could heal the sick. A hill to th...

Lyse Monastery

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Marit Nybø

The Church and the Monastery

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Hans Emil Lidén

THE MOVING FORCE IN LOCAL SOCIETY “I recall the church’s exterior, the black tar-clad timber walls with the black pan tiles; I remember it made a glo...

Holdhus church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anne Marta Hoff

The old church at Holdhus is one of the oldest timbered churches left in the west of Norway. The new church at Eide, built in 1889, replaced the churc...

Vangen church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Vangen church is a longchurch built of stone at Aurlandsvangen. The church, in an early Gothic style, is probably built in two turns in the 13th centu...

Flåm church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Flåm church is a wooden longchurch from 1670. The church has a seating capacity of 160 and was built by the master builder Magne Essen. This church...

Undredal church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Undredal church is a stave church from the mid-12th century. The church, with a seating capacity of only 40, has since the early 18th century been cla...

Bakka church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Bakka church is a so-called longchurch made of wood, located in the hamlet of Bakka in the Nærøyfjord. The church, with a seating capacity of 200, was...

The graveyard in the valley of Aurdalen

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Gravplass / Cementery

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Ingvar Vikesland

The high farm of Østerbø in the valley of Aurdalen got its own graveyard in 1858. It was used until 1911, when the last person was buried there. Peopl...

Vangskyrkja

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidé

Vangskyrkja (Vangen church) is the largest of the medieval churches in Hordaland; one of the four “fjordung” churches in the county. A royal letter fr...

The Wooden Calendar - Tradition and popular belief

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Brynjulf Alver

The old Norwegian farmers’ calendar, the wooden calendar staff, follows the Norse system of reckoning time, and divides the year into a summer half, a...

The Chapel and the Layman’s Movement

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Karl Egil Johansen

Den kristelege lekmannsrørsla, den frilynde norskdomsrørsla og den politiske sosialradikalismen er ideologiske motpolar, men kulturelt og politisk er ...

Møvik

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe

In the winter of 1849 the impoverished Fjell municipality was forced to put money into new burial places at Møvik and Bildøydalen, because of the ragi...

Ådland

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Ådland, innermost in the Samnanger Fjord is an old church centre and transport centre; a nodal point in the transport from sea to land. The white pain...

Lyse chapel

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

The small white-painted chapel with the red brick tiled roof just south of the monastery ruins at Lyse was built in 1663 as a local chapel for the mon...

Byrknesøy chapel

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Bedehus / Chapel

Published: 27.11.2002

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Byrknesøy chapel was originally a "bedehus" (a lay evangelical house) located in the extreme western part of the municipality of Gulen. The chapel, ...

Herdla Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Liden

A letter from the Pope Eugenius 3 in 1146 mentions St. Nikolaus church at Herdla. This church belonged under Munkeliv monastery, which was founded in ...

Stavang Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 05.12.2002

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Stavang church is a longchurch in brick at Stavang in the municipality of Flora. The church, with a seating capacity of 312, was consecrated on 16 J...

Batalden "bedehus" chapel

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Bedehus / Chapel

Published: 05.12.2002

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Batalden "bedehus" chapel is an extended "bedehus" built in wood on the island of Fanøya in the municipality of Flora. The "bedehus" chapel, which has...

Stongfjorden 'bedehus' chapel

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Bedehus / Chapel

Published: 11.12.2002

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Stongfjorden "bedehus" chapel is a rebuilt "bedehus" built in wood. It is situated in the village of Stongfjorden in the municipality of Askvoll. The ...

Værlandet "bedehus" chapel

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Bedehus / Chapel

Published: 11.12.2002

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

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Bremanger church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 18.12.2002

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Bremanger church is a longchurch built in wood and located at Hauge, in the innermost part of the bay of Bremangerpollen in the municipality of Brem...

Berle church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 18.12.2002

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Berle church is a local church community centre in the village of Berle in the municipality of Bremanger. The church, which can seat 210 persons, wa...

Frøya church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 18.12.2002

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Frøya church is a wooden longchurch located at Frøyalandet in the municipality of Bremanger. The church - with a seating capacity of 400 - was conse...

Midtgulen church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 18.12.2002

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Midtgulen church is a wooden longchurch located at Kjelkenes, on the mainland part of the municipality of Bremanger. The church, with a seating capa...

Holmedal church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 03.09.2002

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Holmedal church is a wooden longchurch in the village of Holmedal in the municipality of Askvoll. The church seats 432 and was consecrated on 24 Novem...

Ervik church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 05.09.2002

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Ervik church is a longchurch built in brick and concrete, located in the bay of Ervika, far to the west at Stadtlandet in the municipality of Selje....

Førde church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Førde church is a basilica church in wood located on the farm Skei in the centre of Førde. It has 600 seats and was consecrated on 1 October, 1885 b...

Haukedalen church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Haukedalen church is a basilica church in wood located at the farm of Gjerland in Haukedalen in Førde Municipality. The church, which accommodates 1...

Holsen church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Holsen church is a basilica church in wood located at Holsen in the municipality of Førde. The church, which accommodates 200 people, was consecrate...

The altarpiece in Førde church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkjekunst / Church art Måleri / Painting

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Quite a few people have become interested in the altarpiece in Førde church once they have seen it. It is unique, rich in motif, fine in the carving...

Korskirken

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Loen church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Loen church is an octagonal wooden church situated on a hill overlooking the village of Loen. The church has a seating capacity of 190, and was consec...

Domkirken

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Klosteret

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

The old Olden church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

The old Olden church is a wooden cruciform church located on the site called "Sjøatunet" in the village of Olden in the municipality of Stryn. The chu...

Fantoft Stave Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

When a new church was to be built at Fortun in Sogn in 1883, the old stave church was in danger of being demolished. During the years after J.C.Dahl t...

Kyrkjebyrkjeland

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Storegraven

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

The first mention of Granvin church in written sources is in 1306, but the church location must be far older than this. The farm Storegraven is centra...

Hamre Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

Hamre Church has, by all accounts been one of the four main churches in Horda County in the Middle Ages. Hamre was a main church for the whole of Hord...

Hosanger church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

On Christmas Day 1795, at 5 a.m., the lightning struck the church in Hosanger. After three hours, the timbered church from the 1600s, which had replac...

Gjerde church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

Røldal

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén Harald Jordal

The stave church in Røldal was one of the key pilgrimage churches in West Norway. The church was probably built between 1250 and 1350, and in the high...

Eidfjord church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anne Marta Hoff

The old stone church at Eidfjord has an open position on the terrace at Lægreid. In a diploma from 1310 it transpires that Torgeir on Sponheim donated...

Kinsarvik church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Peter Helland-Hansen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

By all accounts the church in Kinsarvik must have been one of the four main churches in the old Horda County. The stone church standing today was rest...

Ullensvang church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Ullensvang church, situated beside the vicarage, in idyllic surroundings on the headland just inside Lofthus municipality, is mentioned for the first ...

War grave at Grotle churchyard - seaman Arthur Hauge

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 07.01.2004

Author: Hermund Kleppa

The former municipality of Bremanger had 13 war victims from the Second World War. Most of these were lost at sea. Only three got a grave at their hom...

Solund church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 05.02.2003

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Solund church is a so-called longchurch made of wood, situated in the municipal centre of Hardbakke in Solund. The church has a seating capacity of 20...

Davik church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 18.12.2002

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Davik church is a wooden longchurch located in the village of Davik in the municipality of Bremanger. The church, with a seating capacity of 500, was ...

Rugsund church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 18.12.2002

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Rugsund church is a wooden longchurch located on the farm of Hessevågen on the mainland side of Rugsund in the municipality of Bremanger. The church h...

Hersvik Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 05.02.2003

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Hersvik church is a wooden longchurch located on the farm of Hersvik in the northern parts of the municipality of Solund. The church has a seating ca...

War grave at the Frøya church - seaman Dagfinn Frøyen

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 04.05.2005

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Dagfinn Frøyen escaped to England and served in the merchant marine. While working as a seaman on SS Balduin, he fell ill and died in the spring of 19...

Dalsøyra "bedehus"

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Bedehus / Chapel

Published: 02.06.2006

Author: Olav Molde

The layment movement was very strong around 1900. Laymen preachers from various Christian organizations travelled around in the villages, holding meet...

Nordstranda "bedehus" chapel at Stadlandet

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Bedehus / Chapel

Published: 22.05.2005

Author: Laura Marie Fure

In 2003, the Nordstranda "bedehus" chapel at Stadlandet could celebrate its centenary. This chapel has throughout the years been well known and much u...

The churchyard at Svanøy

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Gravplass / Cementery

Published: 24.06.2005

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Borgund stave church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Borgund stave church is situated in the village of Borgund in the municipality of Lærdal. The church is said to be built about 1150, and is consider...

Kaupanger Stave Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Kaupanger church is a stave church from about 1190. It is located on the grounds of Kaupanger Manor. The church has a seating capacity of 125, and it ...

Norum church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Norum church is a so-called longchurch (basilica type) made of wood and located on the area belonging to the farm Ylmeim in the municipality of Sognda...

Mo

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The farms in Modalen are situated on old, fertile sediment beds from the river or the sea – between Mofjorden and Steinslandvatnet. As far back as the...

Ulvik church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

CROSS CHURCH AND STAVE CHURCH...

Nedstryn church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 22.11.2002

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Nedstryn church is a wooden longchurch on the farm of Kyrkjeeide in the municipality of Stryn. The church, with a seating capacity of 400, was conse...

Oppstryn Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 22.11.2002

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Oppstryn church is a wooden longchurch situated on the farm of Fosnes in the municipality of Stryn. The church has a seating capacity of 300, and wa...

Innvik church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 22.11.2002

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Innvik church is an octagonal wooden church situated in the village of Innvik in the municipality of Stryn. The church has a seating capacity of 350...

Olden church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 22.11.2002

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Olden church is a wooden longchurch located at the farm of Brynestad in the municipality of Stryn. The church, with a seating capacity of 500, was con...

Utvik church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 22.11.2002

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Utvik church is a wooden longchurch located in the village of Utvik in the municipality of Stryn. The church, with a seating capacity of 350, was co...

Nordsida church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 22.11.2002

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

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Randabygd church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 22.11.2002

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Randabygd church is a wooden longchurch situated a short distance up from the quay in the village of Randabygda. The church has a seating capacity o...

Hopperstad stave church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Arne Inge Sæbø

Hopperstad stave church in Vik was built in the latter half of the 12th century. In order to save the church from demolition, the Society for the Pres...

Stedje church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Stedje church is a so-called longchurch (basilica type), built of wood and located at "Øvre Stedje" in the municipality of Sogndal. The church has a s...

Fjærland church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Fjærland church is a so-called longchurch built of wood situated on the farm of "nedre Mundal" in the municipality of Sogndal. The church was built in...

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